Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-68

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Annotation

Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, 1959-68.

Annotation last modified on 2014-10-07 05:03 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: Delta Blues
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sliding Delta
live recording of:
Sliding Delta
lyricist and composer:
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt3:31
2Candy Man
live recording of:
Candy Man Blues
composer:
Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt2:33
3Coffee Blues
Mississippi John Hurt2:54
4Stagolee
Mississippi John Hurt3:22
5Here I Am Lord Send Me
Mississippi John Hurt3:54
6Pallet on Your Floor
live recording of:
Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
The Master Book of American Folk Song (number: 1327) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13930)
Mississippi John Hurt3:20
7Devil Got My Woman
live recording of:
Devil Got My Woman
lyricist and composer:
Skip James (in 1931)
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
Skip James3:20
8Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
live recording of:
Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues
lyricist and composer:
Skip James
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
Skip James2:21
9Preaching Blues
Son House3:53
10Death Letter Blues
recorded in:
Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1965-07-22)
recorded at:
Newport Folk Festival 1965 (1965-07-22 – 1965-07-25)
live recording of:
Death Letter Blues (Son House)
writer:
Son House
Son House4:01
11Empire State Express
live recording of:
Empire State Express
writer:
Son House
Son House3:52
12Son Blues
Son House6:33
13Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
live recording of:
Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
Bukka White4:51
14Louise
Mississippi Fred McDowell2:40
15If the River Was Whiskey
Mississippi Fred McDowell2:37
16Walkin' Blues
live recording of:
Walking Blues
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
King of Spades Music and Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.
Muddy Waters4:06
17I Can't Be Satisfied
live recording of:
I Can’t Be Satisfied
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music (music publishing) and Watertoons Music
Muddy Waters3:22
2▶CD: Country Blues
3▶CD: Urban Blues

Credits

Release

design/illustration:Meredith Steele
photography:Ray Flerlage (photographer)
David Gahr (photographer)
liner notes:John Milward
engineer:Jeff Zaraya
producer:Tom Vickers
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2536922 [info]
ASIN:US: B00005AKJG [info]